And the theme is.....

For those in the know, know that last night was a pretty big deal for me. As this year's Charity Ball Chair I had the pleasure of revealing the theme for the Ball. It is usually kept under wraps till our September meeting, so needless to say it was really difficult keeping it quiet this summer. The theme this year is Sultan's Soiree..so think Morroccan, Arabian, Indian infusion. We try to make a big deal out of the reveal in order to get the excitement generating through town. So this year we brought in a belly dancer and she shimmied, and then we had a mini lesson so we could learn a few moves. I think it went well...I was so trying not to make a mistake that I didn't get to really enjoy and take it all in!! Typical...
We have lots of changes in store this year with the big one being the move to the Zone. If you want to come out and have a great time, please come...it's for a worthy cause..and hey!...it's a party!!

WAAAAAAAAA!!!

Today was the first day of school and Kendall started Kindergarten. She was so excited and so fired up. I was a mess!! Brushing her hair, putting on her bagpack, I was able to sneak a few tears here and there. She ran straight to her class and found her seat and never looked back. Much easier than her sister did starting Kindergarten. Caroline however, clung tight to her daddy as we walked to her classroom. Both girls have fabulous teachers and I am looking forward to seeing what the year holds for them and how they will blossom. As we begin this new chapter, I find my excitedness far outweighs the heavyness in my heart as I no longer have little ones, but beautiful strong, intelligent young ladies to mold and guide. Here's to a great year!!

Finally!!!

We got a double whammy this weekend with Emerson and Addison's birthday party and I also got to hold Isabella!! For those of you who don't know, I didn't get to hold Isabella at the hospital when she was born and with David's surgery taking place later that week, I was unable to get away to see her. SO I got to be the first one to hold her at the party and Nola made sure I got as much time as I wanted. WOW!! Of course David had to take his customary uncle pic with her and so he has this exact pic with all the nieces and C&K too!!. What a nut! My sisters are witholding the party pics so you will just have to mosey on over to the Griswolds or We be Winans on the sidebar to the right to see the Mermaid party. Too cute!

She's home!!

Isn't she precious??? Can't wait to kiss that sweet face of hers!!!

She's here!!!

Isabella Elise Winans graced us with her presence at 4:35p. She is beautiful and has curly hair like her Mommy. Daddy is definitely in love....

Happy Birthday Emerson!!

Sweet E celebrated a birthday yesterday and we got to spend it with her at Moody Gardens' Palm Beach in Galveston. What fun we had playing in the sand and water and no jelly fish or seaweed in sight!!


The girls and E



Show me your toes!!



Addie and Mom



Island girls



Happy Birthday!!

I'm BAAAAACK!!!

Ok, so my posting has been a long time comming...all I can say is yes, it has been that busy here in the Quick Household. Where should I begin...when we last spoke, it was Mother's day. Kendall graduated from Pre-K is now a full fledged Kindergartener. There were lots of tears, but thankfully I pulled it together long enough to take a few pics. Later that week, we joined our friends for our annual Gruene trip and it was totally overshadowed by a terrible sinus infection. So while everybody had fun on the lake skiing, I was back at the condo sleeping. The trip was fun and defintely without a dull moment!! Fast forward a few days and it's my brother's graduation. Once again, I really had to fight the tears. Mom and Dad threw David a great party and they couldn't have been prouder.Baby Caroline graced us with her presence, so a quick trip to El Campo was in order. SHe's so pretty and Jeff and Nashay will definitely have their hands full with these two princesses in the future. Phew!! THere's more... SO the next weekend was Nola's shower and we really had a blast throwing it. We stayed up till the wee hours chopping, laughing, slicing, and I think the food really benefitted from it. It was lovely to see all of the goodies Nola got and the wonderful faces who gathered to shower Nola and Isabella with warm wishes and love. The next day was Justin's suprise birthday cruise around LAke Conroe. It was fun to hang out, but I was definitely ready to get home and do nothing!!! Intermixed with all these events, was the prospect of a buisness(more on that later) a drunk driving accident (we went to render aid), a racing accident(a few cars in front of me) a torn ACL(david) and a kid who decided to cut her hair. It literally looked like a mullet and Kendall was really mad at me for wanting to even out her hair. And all in a matter of the two weeks of summer we have had so far. Man, what could the rest of the summer possibly have in store for us???